Is heather on the front grill still a thing ?

[Ridgeway]

I can remember when we camped in the 70s in Cornwall and as we crossed the moors it was a big thing for my parents to snip off a bit of Heather and tie it to the front grill on the car. After that we proudly wore it like it was a trophy of where we had been for many weeks.

Is it still a thing today and does anyone know where this came from ? Please tell me it involved pirates or knights as I want to wind the children up

 

[The Coops]

It was supposed to bring luck for the traveller bit like the scallop shell for the pilgrims or you could tell the children it was a talisman to ward off evil spirits that inhabit the moors about 10 feet off the footpaths!

 

[The Old Man]

Thank you for that memory jerker.

My mum always did the same, Devon heather though, and as we didn't have car at first mum would tie it to her handbag.

Once we had a carthen some would be fixed to the radiator grill and flower pots full would be collected to take back to London.

I believe it all revolved around 'Gypsy Curses.'

 

[IRHP]

Only person I every remember doing it was my grandfather. Probably early 70s if you had been to the highlands of Scotland you pinned a bit to your front grill. The white stuff was the real trophy.

 

[Lenny HB]

Do it now you will either get taken for a Pi-key or arrested for picking wild flowers.

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[Carolyn and Kev]

I always thought it was after a 'close encounter ' with a hedge?

 

[The Wino]

Not quite the same but a while ago I did see a fairly recent looking dead pheasant dangling on the front grille of someones car in a car park. I suspect they thought they'd hit it and left it on the road. If it was there a couple of days later I think it wouldn't have been good luck when the smell started.
I do remember the heather thing but it's pretty much frowned on now to pick anything wild.

 

[Podney]

Good Evans! I’d forgotten about that,no idea where it comes from. People also had nodding dogs on the back parcel shelf,didn’t they! And what about “Kevin and Tracy” stickers on the windscreen,they were very sad!

 

[tonka]

PHEW...
Thought it was a thing like having pampas grass in the garden..
Could have been missing out there..

Just having a Fun sticker in the windscreen is bad enough...

 

[MisterB]

We have pampas grass at the front of our house, apparently it suggested some sort of 'leisure activity ' a few years ago ...

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[tonka]

We have pampas grass at the front of our house, apparently it suggested some sort of 'leisure activity ' a few years ago ...

Trouble is the only "activity" it gives me now is when i have to keep cutting it.

 

[Northernraider]

Only if she doesn't get out the way.....not so much bothered about the grill but dont want blood on the windscreen

 

[Northernraider]

Not quite the same but a while ago I did see a fairly recent looking dead pheasant dangling on the front grille of someones car in a car park. I suspect they thought they'd hit it and left it on the road. If it was there a couple of days later I think it wouldn't have been good luck when the smell started.
I do remember the heather thing but it's pretty much frowned on now to pick anything wild.

You've to hang it for a few weeks before you cook it .

 

[The Wino]

You've to hang it for a few weeks before you cook it .

I did think the heat from the engine would ripen it nicely!

 

[Riverbankannie]

I remember the gypsy women coming to the door with sprigs of heather and pegs, if you didn’t buy anything they would mutter a curse at you.

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[Northernraider]

I remember the gypsy women coming to the door with sprigs of heather and pegs, if you didn’t buy anything they would mutter a curse at you.

Aye times have changed.

Now they come with 3 topless chavs and a lorry load of tar

 

[The Wino]

Aye times have changed.

Now they come with 3 topless chavs and a lorry load of tar

I wonder if the topless chavs are the ones Putin is modelling himself on!

 

[pappajohn]

Most cars today don't have a grill....just a couple of slots so where would you tie it?

 

[Simon Meadwell]

I remember the gypsy women coming to the door with sprigs of heather and pegs, if you didn’t buy anything they would mutter a curse at you.

I can remember my mum telling me to be quiet when the gypsies knocked on the door. All good until i tripped over the metal
dog bowl. She had to buy some pegs.
I got a clip round the ear ole

 

[Rob Turner]

Still see it on some Transit Pick Ups.
You know, the ones with the high sided bodies.

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[nev robinson]

I can remember when we camped in the 70s in Cornwall and as we crossed the moors it was a big thing for my parents to snip off a bit of Heather and tie it to the front grill on the car. After that we proudly wore it like it was a trophy of where we had been for many weeks.

Is it still a thing today and does anyone know where this came from ? Please tell me it involved pirates or knights as I want to wind the children up

Depends if your selling heather & pegs

 

[L' Hobo]

We make do with a bit of straw between our teeth down here in East Anglia!

 

[Catpirate]

I guess this rabbit was lucky, must be full of heather.........

Pwllheli: Lucky rabbit survives 40-mile ride in car grille

A driver describes hearing a "dreaded thump" and fearing the worst - yet the rabbit survived.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Burgo]

Heather in a car! The things we did when we were teenagers!! Wonder what happened to her...

 

[L' Hobo]

I remember the gypsy women coming to the door with sprigs of heather and pegs, if you didn’t buy anything they would mutter a curse at you.

I once had a summer holiday job selling Corona in Bournemouth (now you can't give it away ) in the 60's.

I muttered similar curses if you didn't buy any anything off me too!

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[Lenny HB]

Good Evans! I’d forgotten about that,no idea where it comes from. People also had nodding dogs on the back parcel shelf,didn’t they! And what about “Kevin and Tracy” stickers on the windscreen,they were very sad!

What about the fluffy dice.

 

[Rob Turner]

Feu Orange air freshener too

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Good Evans! I’d forgotten about that,no idea where it comes from. People also had nodding dogs on the back parcel shelf,didn’t they! And what about “Kevin and Tracy” stickers on the windscreen,they were very sad!

We had bullet holes in the windscreen and a tigers tail hanging out of the filler cap

 

[eddie]

Apparently a little Syrian bloke clinging desperately to your bike rack means you’ve been to Calais

 

[The Old Man]

What about the fluffy dice.

Two metre long fibre glass whip aerials, minilite wheels still going, http://minilite.co.uk/

Hella Spotlights;

I did the sun glare thing but put;

Passenger - Driver

LH drive cars were rare back the so it caused much confusion!

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